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Palo Alto Times
y
VOL.. 18. NO. 15.
PALO ALTO. CAL. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1901.
S1.50 A YEAR
PROFESSIONAL CURDS
B. MAYHEW~CnXS~
DENTIST
i. 3.ad.p.m.
__. university A
1*1 lt..lil,.[iti,i W.I fclversliy Ave.
R. H. D. DODGE
DENTIST
D
D
R. CHARLES W. DECKER
DENTIST
Ofitea sad Residence. University Arc. cor.
Wsmij St., Palo Alto. Mais Ones, natwas
• to W Ptoelao Building, Ssn Franhiare
GEO. BLAKESLEY LITTLE. D. D. S.
DENTIST
Offloe, Morris Building, University Ave.,Palo
D
R. NATHALIE SELLING
Stanford Building
OBlce hours— t to 4 p.u
Telephone Ulsok II
DR
Former Health Oflicer Ssn Mateo Co
Offlee hours: 10 to U a. ts.; I JO to 41 p. m
Parkinson Block, lis Luivrrsily arenue. Real
denoe. Halbjr Lsbe. Fair Oaks.
D
D1
R. GEO. E. HALL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention paid to diseases ol tbe Kye.
Ear, Noae and Tbroat- Hours, 8 to 4 sad 7 to s.
,R HOWARD BLACK.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Uours, H to 10 a.m., I to 3 sod 7 to S p.m. I'ai
klnsoo lllock. Itnaldenci- 443 Ki|>lii-i: .Mr- ' i
Phone Bed tfl.
DALO ALTO KINDERGARTEN
I Mis* Brooks
Mrs. Coover
Material* trie. Tuition S3 per tnoatb. Stt
M
R. HENRI L. BETTMAN
PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN^
Address 3UT North
Mrs. ella b, Mcdowell
Vocai Instruction ■
Ski Hamilton A*c. Mondays and Thursday
MISS GERTRUDE GATTS
Instructor for
PIANO. MAN00L1N, GUITAR AND BANJO
Soloist W9 Hamilton Atenue
K" INDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY
SCHOOL
MliS GERTRUDE H. BROWN
Hcupcued Monday. Attgual 19. 4IS Uowper
street, near University avenue. . Tuition IS
M
ISS FLORA C. KENDALL
PIANO. cMrGAN AND HARMONY
Pupil ol Win. Msson. New York; Loula Lis-
aer, Han Francisco; H. J. Stewart, Kan Fran,
elsco. Palo Ai.to, Saturdays. Corner
LtDooln aveaae and Webster street.
CTOWE & MALCOLM
O ATTORNEYS AT LAW
W1U prsetlco in all the Courts. Booms SS-Ss
Parkinson Block.
pulveiTcTpage
^ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
T W. ROLLER
"■ Undertaker and Embalmsr
Otnoe and Rssldouee, *ai Marguerite Street.
Mortuary dispel and Warcrooms, 4*1 Cowpor
Street. Phone Red 81.
CONTRACTORS
HL. UPHAM
' Contractor and Builder
Plaas rnrslabed. All work guarsoteed. Mors
than twenty yesrs' eiperleoc*. Residence, 413
Elpllec St. P. O. address. Box «S7. PaloAlto.
Good loans negotiated tor betiding purposes.
T VV. WELLS
*•'* Contractor, and Builder
Estimates given promptly. Residence kit
Brroa Street, Dear University Avenue.
EA. HETTINGER
' Contractor and Builder
PaloAlto. Sao Joss oOoe, SS S. Second street.
Town Trustees' Meeting.
The Town Trustees met in adjourned
session on Monday night. At mil
call all the members were present except Hutchinson and Sloan. Trustee
| Bull.-! took the chair. The minutes
| of thu meeting of September lit wore
read and approved as read.
i Trustee Marx reported that it was
1 tbe judgment of the Board that Pound-
1 master Lewis is trying to earry out the
! provisions of the ordinance and that no
1 euftlcient showing had been made to
the contrary to prove a valltl cause for
removal from office. Hence1 no action
was taken.
A notice of the withdrawal of F. 1,.
Craudall from thu bond of Pound master
Lewis was tiled with tho town chirk.
In the matter of damagos to Fuller &
Co.'a awning, tbe Board allowed a autti-
olont amount to pay for tho actual
dumage done. S
Mr. Truesdale/reported that the rubbish complainsd of on Middletleld road
had been cleaned up.
The sewer committee was authorized
to extend the sewer on Oilman street.
A petition asking that tbo town establish a public library wits referred to
the city attorney for report.
Tlie following now bills were pre*
rmiittvl und referred to tbe finance committee:
H. W. Simkins, expense Mild
Geo'! Electric Light Co.. mdse.. 26 50
Pacific Coast Co., coat 209 50
" " 186 02
'.' 186 82
" 113 6.
" 213 87
Hiiitou Printing Co., ordinances. So 00
Powell & Dean, lumber 6 41
W. P. Dunsmore, labor 18 50
Powell & Dean, shavings 28 00
W. Sanor, labor 86 00
Edwurd Gibson, wood 8 76
Worry & Son, masonry 4 60
Grace & Dudneld, lumber 11 66
W. W. Truesdale, salary, expon. Ill 26
Orr & Peterson, wiring 60 00
Peter Severkrup, gravel 7 60
Public Library, expense 20 00
Crane Co., water meter 8 26
W. A. Waterman, salary. 80 00
CraneCo.. pipe 33 33
G. It. Parkiuson, salary 62 05'
G. K. Parkinson, freight 2 03
Times Pub. Co., printing 68 50
11. A. Ramsay, 6 mo* salary... 120 00
The bills foe sautr-ie* and labor were
allowed.
The Sunset Telegraph and Telephone
companies were given permission to
string their wires on tho town poles on
University avenue. In consideration of
an annual rental of II per pole.
Tbo Emerson street Improvemeot
petition was referred to the city attorney.
Conservatory of Music.
The Palo Alto Conservatory of Music
has been organized with tho following
officers : William Greer Harrison, San
Francisco, president; Phllo Horsey, San
Jose, vice-president; Thomas F. Morrison, Sun Jose, secretary; Maurice Leon
Driver, PaloAlto, director. Tbo board
of directors is composed of Fred W.
Hatch of Sacramento, Mrs. Nellie Argues, James E. Enright and Paul P.
Austin of San Jose, Lewis S. Hay of
Petaluma, and Maurice Leon Driver
and Louis William Weer of Palo Alto.
Tbe institution is Incorporated under
the laws of the State and Is thereby
given the authority to confer the degree of Bachelor of Musio on graduates.
The piano department is under the
direction of Dean Driver, who Is one of
the albest performers and moat successful Instructors in California. Rig long
experience has made him especially efficient in developing the highest musical
ability of his pupils.
The vocal departmeiil i* in charge of
Louis William Wear, who has had an
I experience of fifteen years us a singer
I and teacher and is ably ipmliiied to
direct this important brunch of a Conservatory courts'. He train*, his
pupils in tbe old Italian'method of
voice culture, which produced such
wonderful singers.
Tbe Conservatory will give a four
years course of instruction, and full
; particulars may be had by addressing
Dean Driver. The Conservatory Is
located in the Mariposa building.
Point Richmond.
I Quite a nnnihoi'of Palo Alio people
] will goup to Poinl Richmond Saturday
' on an inspection tour. That new town
I Es booming. The Standard Oil Com-
'. pany is putting up extensive works
! there, at a cost, it is said, of 14,000,000.
I A pipe line will probably be run from
j Bakersheld and tbe crude oil will be re-
. fined and packed ready for shipment.
An immense steel plant Is also being
cm-ted and the maiu shops of tho Santa
Fe are located there.
CM. Edwards of Palo Alto has thu
contracts for painting forty new houses
there. He has purchased business lots
and will put up a building soon. R. S.
Downar of Palo Alto has a contract" for
tbe brick and plaster work on the new
hank building, to be constructed of
-whit*- brick. The population of Point
| Richmond is already estimated at 1,700
and is rapidly increasing.
Suicide at May field.
Ysidro Espier, a Porto Rlcan, committed suicide at Mayfleld on Tuesday
by shooting himself through the heart
with a double-barreled shotgun. He
was one of a consignment of Porto
Ricans recently Imported to California,
and the changed conditions of life in a
strange land caused him Ut tire of the
struggle for existem*.. Hs was 28 years
of age. He left three loiters—one tobe
sent to his s suet heart in Porto Rico,
another to his mother, sHying that be
owed .i *16 board hill and attking her to
pay It, and u third directed to Santa i
Clara i 'ollegu.
Choral Call.
The Palo Alto Choral Society will
resume regular rehearsals next Monday
evening at the Presbyterian church, at
8 o'clock. It is earnestly desired that
all musical people of the town attend
and help to maintain a worthy society,
such as Palo Alto ought to have.
There are, doubtless, many musical
people here who have been prominent
in choral work elm-whin-,, who should
improve this opimrtunlty to renew
their activity In choral mnslcal work.
Let all, old and young, who can sing
meet with tho society.
- Hiss E. McLachlan,
Secretary.
New Market
D. C. Burns, who has been in the
employ of the Elite market, has arranged to open a fish, poultry and game
market. For the present he will have
his headquarters at Carey's, and will
supply the trade with the best the
market affords. Mr. Burns Is a popular and deserving young man and we
bespeak for him a large patronage.
Locak
Rev. A. R. Hathaway of Santa Clara
visited Palo Alto yesterday.
The local W. c, T. U. is agitating the
question or having a curfew established
in Palo Alto.
D. 11. Wood, who was injured at the
fire last week, has so far recovered as
to be able to be out.
Tbe wife and daughter of Dr. Halsey
arrived from the East on Saturday.
They occupv the Hoskins residence.
J. A. I^ongloy and wife are In town
today. Mr. Longloy is principal of
the Longfellow high school in San
Francisco.
Tbolt's shoo store, the Hubordasher
and Simkins' liookstoio are now using
arc lights Instead of incaudescents for
interior lighting.
The Stanford memorial organ is now
in place and experts are at work tuning
it. It is expected that the instrument
will be ready to be played upon by Saturday of next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Hopkins of
Menlo Park announce the engagement
of tholr daughter Georgiana to Frederick McNoar, a prominent young
socioty man of San. Francisco.
J. E. Hlgglns, cashier of the National
Bank of Astoria, Oregon, has rented
the Downing cottage at 450 Homer
avenue, and will move his family here
on November 1st. He baa children
who will enter the University.
Mrs. Tourny is havlu, « residence
erected on Cowper street, near Homer
avenue, J. W. Well* being the contractor. Professor Friohn will occupy
the residence when completed.
The building occupied by the Elite
market was found to project ut one
corner an inch and a half on E. A. Vln-
Ing's lot. George Wood, the owner,
has men engaged paring that aide of
the structure down to the legal limits.
John A. Squire and family arrived
home Saturday from the East, where
they had been during the summer.
Thuy stopjHsl at various places frqm
Washington north and east. Thoy
spent six weeks of the heated term on
the coast of Maine. They are all In
good health and delighted to be In
Palo Alto aguin.
Charles Way has contracted with the
property owners on the north side of
Emerson street from Lytton avenue to
the creek to put In a concrete walk and
has begun the work. This will gire a
concrete walk from University avenue
to Palo Alto avenue, which was made
necessary by the many buildings going
up on that side of town.
A change In tho Southern Paofllo
train schedule went Into effect on the
6th. The summer excursion trains
were taken off and three changes in
local tntln timo were made. The northbound 4:20 and 6:08 afternoon trains
now leave here at 4:40 and 6:28, and the
southbound 10:21 morning train is now >
two minutes earlier.
A large audience was present last
night at Assembly Hall to witness the
presentation of tbe fair; opera, "HanncJ
andGretol." This rare musical treat
was due to Professor Goebel who induced tbo San Francisco artiste, under
the direction of Arthur Fickensber, to
appear here. In addition to the opera,
there were German folk songs and selections by well-known soloists.

Palo Alto Times
y
VOL.. 18. NO. 15.
PALO ALTO. CAL. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1901.
S1.50 A YEAR
PROFESSIONAL CURDS
B. MAYHEW~CnXS~
DENTIST
i. 3.ad.p.m.
__. university A
1*1 lt..lil,.[iti,i W.I fclversliy Ave.
R. H. D. DODGE
DENTIST
D
D
R. CHARLES W. DECKER
DENTIST
Ofitea sad Residence. University Arc. cor.
Wsmij St., Palo Alto. Mais Ones, natwas
• to W Ptoelao Building, Ssn Franhiare
GEO. BLAKESLEY LITTLE. D. D. S.
DENTIST
Offloe, Morris Building, University Ave.,Palo
D
R. NATHALIE SELLING
Stanford Building
OBlce hours— t to 4 p.u
Telephone Ulsok II
DR
Former Health Oflicer Ssn Mateo Co
Offlee hours: 10 to U a. ts.; I JO to 41 p. m
Parkinson Block, lis Luivrrsily arenue. Real
denoe. Halbjr Lsbe. Fair Oaks.
D
D1
R. GEO. E. HALL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Special attention paid to diseases ol tbe Kye.
Ear, Noae and Tbroat- Hours, 8 to 4 sad 7 to s.
,R HOWARD BLACK.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Uours, H to 10 a.m., I to 3 sod 7 to S p.m. I'ai
klnsoo lllock. Itnaldenci- 443 Ki|>lii-i: .Mr- ' i
Phone Bed tfl.
DALO ALTO KINDERGARTEN
I Mis* Brooks
Mrs. Coover
Material* trie. Tuition S3 per tnoatb. Stt
M
R. HENRI L. BETTMAN
PROFESSOR OF VIOLIN^
Address 3UT North
Mrs. ella b, Mcdowell
Vocai Instruction ■
Ski Hamilton A*c. Mondays and Thursday
MISS GERTRUDE GATTS
Instructor for
PIANO. MAN00L1N, GUITAR AND BANJO
Soloist W9 Hamilton Atenue
K" INDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY
SCHOOL
MliS GERTRUDE H. BROWN
Hcupcued Monday. Attgual 19. 4IS Uowper
street, near University avenue. . Tuition IS
M
ISS FLORA C. KENDALL
PIANO. cMrGAN AND HARMONY
Pupil ol Win. Msson. New York; Loula Lis-
aer, Han Francisco; H. J. Stewart, Kan Fran,
elsco. Palo Ai.to, Saturdays. Corner
LtDooln aveaae and Webster street.
CTOWE & MALCOLM
O ATTORNEYS AT LAW
W1U prsetlco in all the Courts. Booms SS-Ss
Parkinson Block.
pulveiTcTpage
^ ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
T W. ROLLER
"■ Undertaker and Embalmsr
Otnoe and Rssldouee, *ai Marguerite Street.
Mortuary dispel and Warcrooms, 4*1 Cowpor
Street. Phone Red 81.
CONTRACTORS
HL. UPHAM
' Contractor and Builder
Plaas rnrslabed. All work guarsoteed. Mors
than twenty yesrs' eiperleoc*. Residence, 413
Elpllec St. P. O. address. Box «S7. PaloAlto.
Good loans negotiated tor betiding purposes.
T VV. WELLS
*•'* Contractor, and Builder
Estimates given promptly. Residence kit
Brroa Street, Dear University Avenue.
EA. HETTINGER
' Contractor and Builder
PaloAlto. Sao Joss oOoe, SS S. Second street.
Town Trustees' Meeting.
The Town Trustees met in adjourned
session on Monday night. At mil
call all the members were present except Hutchinson and Sloan. Trustee
| Bull.-! took the chair. The minutes
| of thu meeting of September lit wore
read and approved as read.
i Trustee Marx reported that it was
1 tbe judgment of the Board that Pound-
1 master Lewis is trying to earry out the
! provisions of the ordinance and that no
1 euftlcient showing had been made to
the contrary to prove a valltl cause for
removal from office. Hence1 no action
was taken.
A notice of the withdrawal of F. 1,.
Craudall from thu bond of Pound master
Lewis was tiled with tho town chirk.
In the matter of damagos to Fuller &
Co.'a awning, tbe Board allowed a autti-
olont amount to pay for tho actual
dumage done. S
Mr. Truesdale/reported that the rubbish complainsd of on Middletleld road
had been cleaned up.
The sewer committee was authorized
to extend the sewer on Oilman street.
A petition asking that tbo town establish a public library wits referred to
the city attorney for report.
Tlie following now bills were pre*
rmiittvl und referred to tbe finance committee:
H. W. Simkins, expense Mild
Geo'! Electric Light Co.. mdse.. 26 50
Pacific Coast Co., coat 209 50
" " 186 02
'.' 186 82
" 113 6.
" 213 87
Hiiitou Printing Co., ordinances. So 00
Powell & Dean, lumber 6 41
W. P. Dunsmore, labor 18 50
Powell & Dean, shavings 28 00
W. Sanor, labor 86 00
Edwurd Gibson, wood 8 76
Worry & Son, masonry 4 60
Grace & Dudneld, lumber 11 66
W. W. Truesdale, salary, expon. Ill 26
Orr & Peterson, wiring 60 00
Peter Severkrup, gravel 7 60
Public Library, expense 20 00
Crane Co., water meter 8 26
W. A. Waterman, salary. 80 00
CraneCo.. pipe 33 33
G. It. Parkiuson, salary 62 05'
G. K. Parkinson, freight 2 03
Times Pub. Co., printing 68 50
11. A. Ramsay, 6 mo* salary... 120 00
The bills foe sautr-ie* and labor were
allowed.
The Sunset Telegraph and Telephone
companies were given permission to
string their wires on tho town poles on
University avenue. In consideration of
an annual rental of II per pole.
Tbo Emerson street Improvemeot
petition was referred to the city attorney.
Conservatory of Music.
The Palo Alto Conservatory of Music
has been organized with tho following
officers : William Greer Harrison, San
Francisco, president; Phllo Horsey, San
Jose, vice-president; Thomas F. Morrison, Sun Jose, secretary; Maurice Leon
Driver, PaloAlto, director. Tbo board
of directors is composed of Fred W.
Hatch of Sacramento, Mrs. Nellie Argues, James E. Enright and Paul P.
Austin of San Jose, Lewis S. Hay of
Petaluma, and Maurice Leon Driver
and Louis William Weer of Palo Alto.
Tbe institution is Incorporated under
the laws of the State and Is thereby
given the authority to confer the degree of Bachelor of Musio on graduates.
The piano department is under the
direction of Dean Driver, who Is one of
the albest performers and moat successful Instructors in California. Rig long
experience has made him especially efficient in developing the highest musical
ability of his pupils.
The vocal departmeiil i* in charge of
Louis William Wear, who has had an
I experience of fifteen years us a singer
I and teacher and is ably ipmliiied to
direct this important brunch of a Conservatory courts'. He train*, his
pupils in tbe old Italian'method of
voice culture, which produced such
wonderful singers.
Tbe Conservatory will give a four
years course of instruction, and full
; particulars may be had by addressing
Dean Driver. The Conservatory Is
located in the Mariposa building.
Point Richmond.
I Quite a nnnihoi'of Palo Alio people
] will goup to Poinl Richmond Saturday
' on an inspection tour. That new town
I Es booming. The Standard Oil Com-
'. pany is putting up extensive works
! there, at a cost, it is said, of 14,000,000.
I A pipe line will probably be run from
j Bakersheld and tbe crude oil will be re-
. fined and packed ready for shipment.
An immense steel plant Is also being
cm-ted and the maiu shops of tho Santa
Fe are located there.
CM. Edwards of Palo Alto has thu
contracts for painting forty new houses
there. He has purchased business lots
and will put up a building soon. R. S.
Downar of Palo Alto has a contract" for
tbe brick and plaster work on the new
hank building, to be constructed of
-whit*- brick. The population of Point
| Richmond is already estimated at 1,700
and is rapidly increasing.
Suicide at May field.
Ysidro Espier, a Porto Rlcan, committed suicide at Mayfleld on Tuesday
by shooting himself through the heart
with a double-barreled shotgun. He
was one of a consignment of Porto
Ricans recently Imported to California,
and the changed conditions of life in a
strange land caused him Ut tire of the
struggle for existem*.. Hs was 28 years
of age. He left three loiters—one tobe
sent to his s suet heart in Porto Rico,
another to his mother, sHying that be
owed .i *16 board hill and attking her to
pay It, and u third directed to Santa i
Clara i 'ollegu.
Choral Call.
The Palo Alto Choral Society will
resume regular rehearsals next Monday
evening at the Presbyterian church, at
8 o'clock. It is earnestly desired that
all musical people of the town attend
and help to maintain a worthy society,
such as Palo Alto ought to have.
There are, doubtless, many musical
people here who have been prominent
in choral work elm-whin-,, who should
improve this opimrtunlty to renew
their activity In choral mnslcal work.
Let all, old and young, who can sing
meet with tho society.
- Hiss E. McLachlan,
Secretary.
New Market
D. C. Burns, who has been in the
employ of the Elite market, has arranged to open a fish, poultry and game
market. For the present he will have
his headquarters at Carey's, and will
supply the trade with the best the
market affords. Mr. Burns Is a popular and deserving young man and we
bespeak for him a large patronage.
Locak
Rev. A. R. Hathaway of Santa Clara
visited Palo Alto yesterday.
The local W. c, T. U. is agitating the
question or having a curfew established
in Palo Alto.
D. 11. Wood, who was injured at the
fire last week, has so far recovered as
to be able to be out.
Tbe wife and daughter of Dr. Halsey
arrived from the East on Saturday.
They occupv the Hoskins residence.
J. A. I^ongloy and wife are In town
today. Mr. Longloy is principal of
the Longfellow high school in San
Francisco.
Tbolt's shoo store, the Hubordasher
and Simkins' liookstoio are now using
arc lights Instead of incaudescents for
interior lighting.
The Stanford memorial organ is now
in place and experts are at work tuning
it. It is expected that the instrument
will be ready to be played upon by Saturday of next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Hopkins of
Menlo Park announce the engagement
of tholr daughter Georgiana to Frederick McNoar, a prominent young
socioty man of San. Francisco.
J. E. Hlgglns, cashier of the National
Bank of Astoria, Oregon, has rented
the Downing cottage at 450 Homer
avenue, and will move his family here
on November 1st. He baa children
who will enter the University.
Mrs. Tourny is havlu, « residence
erected on Cowper street, near Homer
avenue, J. W. Well* being the contractor. Professor Friohn will occupy
the residence when completed.
The building occupied by the Elite
market was found to project ut one
corner an inch and a half on E. A. Vln-
Ing's lot. George Wood, the owner,
has men engaged paring that aide of
the structure down to the legal limits.
John A. Squire and family arrived
home Saturday from the East, where
they had been during the summer.
Thuy stopjHsl at various places frqm
Washington north and east. Thoy
spent six weeks of the heated term on
the coast of Maine. They are all In
good health and delighted to be In
Palo Alto aguin.
Charles Way has contracted with the
property owners on the north side of
Emerson street from Lytton avenue to
the creek to put In a concrete walk and
has begun the work. This will gire a
concrete walk from University avenue
to Palo Alto avenue, which was made
necessary by the many buildings going
up on that side of town.
A change In tho Southern Paofllo
train schedule went Into effect on the
6th. The summer excursion trains
were taken off and three changes in
local tntln timo were made. The northbound 4:20 and 6:08 afternoon trains
now leave here at 4:40 and 6:28, and the
southbound 10:21 morning train is now >
two minutes earlier.
A large audience was present last
night at Assembly Hall to witness the
presentation of tbe fair; opera, "HanncJ
andGretol." This rare musical treat
was due to Professor Goebel who induced tbo San Francisco artiste, under
the direction of Arthur Fickensber, to
appear here. In addition to the opera,
there were German folk songs and selections by well-known soloists.